The pilot of the second aircraft which went missing on Wednesday in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands has been found dead.
Provincial transport and human settlements MEC Siboniso Duma said at about 7.20am on Thursday, his office received a report from the Aeronautical Search and Rescue Co-ordination Centre and the SAPS search and rescue unit indicating they had found the second aircraft.
“Unfortunately the second pilot suffered fatal injuries. We express our deepest condolences to the families of the two pilots. We will allow the team to retrieve the bodies of the two pilots this morning,” he said.
The pilot of the first aircraft found in the Howick West area was declared dead on Wednesday…
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Fun South African Fact: South African Dr. Christiaan Barnard performed the world’s first heart transplant on 3 December 1967 at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town. The groundbreaking surgery was carried out on Louis Washkansky and Dr. Barnard was assisted by a large and exceptional team of surgeons, nurses and technicians. One of Dr. Barnard’s assistants was Hamilton Naki, a black laboratory assistant who had worked previously as a gardener and went on to work in the animal laboratory at the University of Cape Town. He had assisted Dr Barnard with research leading to the transplant. In the apartheid days, Naki had no access to higher education due to his race. Despite being unable to access formal training, he learned from and assisted university researchers and went on to do improbable work.